Legal Opinion
In re Johns-Manville/Asbestosis Cases
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 22, 1982No. 77 C 3534PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Dr. Kenneth W. Smith (“Dr. Smith”) was hired in 1944 as a Canadian Johns-Manville Company, Ltd. (“Canadian J-M”) plant physician and eventually served as Medical Director for Johns-Manville Corporation (“J-M”) from 1952 to 1966. Dr. Smith died in July 1977.
Dr. Smith was deposed in two earlier asbestos-related cases: Louisville Trust Co. v. Johns-Manville Corp., No. 164922 (Jefferson Cty., Ky.Cir.Ct.1972) (the “Louisville Trust deposition,” taken April 21, 1976, cited “L. Dep. — ”) and DeRocco v. Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Nos. 2880, 2881…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lloyd v. American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Standard Oil Company v. MontedisonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1980
- Matter of Johns-Manville/Asbestosis CasesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
3Cited by7 opinions
- United States Gypsum Co. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. JanssensDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- In Re Related Asbestos CasesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1982
- Claude E. MURPHY and Jean Virginia Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. SalernoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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